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AboutWhat Was is Vintage

Our Service Pledge

We pride ourselves on our close attention to uniqueness, quality, detail and condition in bringing you only the finest antique and vintage items for your consideration. Since customer satisfaction and great service is always our goal we will work with you to resolve any problem you may have with any item you receive quickly and in a friendly professional manner.

About Us

Our collection includes vintage costume and estate jewelry from the mid 1800’s to the late twentieth century. Victorian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Mid Century Modern are our specialties. Our inventory consists of Estate and Costume Jewelry and Vintage Clothing including accessories for women and men. We also carry fine antiques including Art Pottery, Vanity Items, Textiles, Collectibles and Art Deco Decorative Arts. We exhibit in New York 3 times a year at the fabulous trendy Manhattan Vintage Clothing & Accessories Show. Our customers include fashion designers and contemporary jewelry designers Larry Vrba, Dannijo, Lulu Frost, Jennifer Behr, Sequin NYC, Alexis Bittar, Ben Amun, Anna Sui, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren. We also supply curated vintage and contemporary jewelry, clothing and accessories to Hollywood movies, TV and cable shows and we recently added a Streaming Internet Series as new clients. We had a 3 year relationship with costume designers from the HBO series Boardwalk Empire the Fox hit series “Gotham” and the Cinemax series “The Knick”. Our current vintage fashion and accessories project is for our new client Amazon TV. We just completed working with fashion designer Donna Zakowska on Season 2 of the fabulous 8 time Emmy Award winning smash hit series “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” staring Rachel Brosnahan as Midge. This series is a 2 time Golden Globes winner as well.